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Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:45:55 +0000http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/Service of Remembrance for Professor Asit K. Ray to Be Held Friday, Jan. 30https://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/2015/01/28/service-remembrance-professor-asit-k-ray-held-friday-jan-30/
https://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/?p=1126Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:31:42 +0000]]>NewsMaterials Engineering Junior Wins Gilman Scholarshiphttp://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2014/12/materials-engineering-junior-wins-gilman-scholarship/
University of Kentucky materials engineering junior Zach Wildofsky, of Tremont City, Ohio, has been awarded a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarshipto study abroad, and he will study in Australia. Read more at UKNow.http://www.engr.uky.edu/?p=10116Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:54:41 +0000University of Kentucky materials engineering junior Zach Wildofsky, of Tremont City, Ohio, has been awarded a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarshipto study abroad, and he will study in Australia. Read more at UKNow.]]>DB Continues to Explore New Research Territoryhttps://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/2014/11/13/db-continues-explore-new-research-territory/
Iconic professor Dibakar Bhattacharyya is applying his profuse knowledge of membranes to the world of manufacturing. Read more in the new online edition of Kentucky Engineering Journal: Research Edition.https://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/?p=1118Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:26:31 +0000Iconic professor Dibakar Bhattacharyya is applying his profuse knowledge of membranes to the world of manufacturing. Read more in the new online edition of Kentucky Engineering Journal: Research Edition.]]>NewsAsit K. Ray: 1954 – 2014http://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2014/11/asit-k-ray-1954-2014/
We regret to inform our engineering family that chemical engineering professor Asit Ray passed away Tuesday morning after a year-long battle with cancer. “Asit dedicated his life to teaching students and doing outstanding research in the aerosols area,” said longtime friend and colleague Dibakar Bhattacharyya. “We are going to miss him dearly.&#8221; Dr. Ray received [&#8230;]http://www.engr.uky.edu/?p=10030Wed, 12 Nov 2014 16:00:55 +0000We regret to inform our engineering family that chemical engineering professor Asit Ray passed away Tuesday morning after a year-long battle with cancer.

“Asit dedicated his life to teaching students and doing outstanding research in the aerosols area,” said longtime friend and colleague Dibakar Bhattacharyya. “We are going to miss him dearly.”

Dr. Ray received his Ph.D. from Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. in 1980 and became assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Kentucky shortly afterward. He was promoted to associate professor in 1985 and became full professor in 1988. Dr. Ray was a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Association for Aerosol Research, the European Aerosol Assembly and the Optical Society of America. In 2003 he received the college’s Henry Mason Lutes Award for Excellence in Engineering Education. From 2007-2012, Dr. Ray held the William Bryan Professorship in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering.

Douglass Kalika, chair of the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, describes Dr. Ray as a highly creative and rigorous researcher.

“Asit inspired generations of undergraduate and graduate students as a result of his commitment to scientific and engineering excellence. He will be remembered for his high quality and elegant work and his many contributions to the department over nearly 35 years of dedicated service.”

Dr. Ray is survived by his wife, Sharmishta, and children, Rohit and Neha.

]]>Karnes Awarded $1,000 from John Walker Biology & Engineering Fundhttps://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/2014/10/03/karnes-awarded-1000-john-walker-biology-engineering-fund/
Chemical engineering senior Tyler Karnes has been awarded $1,000 by the John Walker Biology &#38; Engineering Fund. Karnes, who is conducting research with chemical engineering assistant professor Christina Payne, is the first to receive an award from the fund. He is using computational modeling to investigate the molecular-level mechanisms of an enzyme that catalyzes cleavage [&#8230;]https://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/?p=1088Fri, 03 Oct 2014 20:45:47 +0000Chemical engineering senior Tyler Karnes has been awarded $1,000 by the John Walker Biology & Engineering Fund. Karnes, who is conducting research with chemical engineering assistant professor Christina Payne, is the first to receive an award from the fund. He is using computational modeling to investigate the molecular-level mechanisms of an enzyme that catalyzes cleavage of carbon-sulfur bonds. The enzymatic desulfurization of petroleum products through this desulfinase is an attractive complementary technology to traditional hydrodesulfurization.

Through the John Walker Biology & Engineering Fund, awards up to $1,000 are available for engineering students working on projects at the interface of biology and engineering. Current University of Kentucky undergraduates from all engineering disciplines are eligible. Awards can be used to support undergraduate research, purchase equipment and supplies, fund travel to present research results at professional conferences, support senior design projects, etc. The application requires a one-page project proposal and faculty sponsorship and applicants must have engineering standing as well as an overall GPA of at least a 3.0.

]]>NewsJin Wins Best Student Poster Finalist Awardhttps://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/2014/09/29/jin-wins-best-student-poster-finalist-award/
Materials Engineering professor Tony Zhai has announced that graduate student Yan Jin received a Best Student Poster Finalist Award at the 2014 Center for Nanophase Materials Science User Meeting held at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The title of Jin’s poster was “Quantitative Understanding 3-D Effects of Constituent Particles on Fatigue Crack [&#8230;]https://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/?p=1086Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:30:45 +0000Materials Engineering professor Tony Zhai has announced that graduate student Yan Jin received a Best Student Poster Finalist Award at the 2014 Center for Nanophase Materials Science User Meeting held at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The title of Jin’s poster was “Quantitative Understanding 3-D Effects of Constituent Particles on Fatigue Crack Initiation in High Strength Aluminum Alloys by FIB.”

More than 50 posters were submitted for the competition from many top materials science engineering programs in the U.S.

]]>NewsAIChE Chapters Outstanding Againhttp://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2014/09/aiche-chapters-outstanding/
Two impressive streaks continue. Douglass Kalika, chair of the University of Kentucky Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering is pleased to announce that the student chapters of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) in Lexington and Paducah have been named “Outstanding Student Chapters” again this year. This recognition is reserved for only 10% of [&#8230;]http://www.engr.uky.edu/?p=9847Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:46:12 +0000Two impressive streaks continue.

Douglass Kalika, chair of the University of Kentucky Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering is pleased to announce that the student chapters of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) in Lexington and Paducah have been named “Outstanding Student Chapters” again this year. This recognition is reserved for only 10% of chapters nationally. The awards will be presented during the student conference portion of the AIChE annual meeting in Atlanta this November.

This year’s recognition extends the streaks to 27 consecutive years for Lexington and 13 consecutive years for Paducah. The streaks represent the first and third-longest such current streaks in the country.

The College of Engineering congratulations the student leadership in both Lexington and Paducah for their continued success, as well as chapter advisors, Zach Hilt and Derek Englert.

]]>Stocke Wins First Prize at GPEN Meetinghttps://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/2014/09/11/stocke-wins-first-prize-gpen-meeting/
Congratulations to Nathaniel Stocke! He received first prize for his poster at the Globalization of Pharmaceutics Education Network (GPEN) 2014 Meeting in Finland. The title of his poster was “Inhalable Nanocomposites for Targeted Pulmonary Delivery and Applications in Lung Cancer Therapy,” and was a collaboration with the Markey Cancer Center made possible by the University [&#8230;]https://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/?p=1082Thu, 11 Sep 2014 18:36:19 +0000Congratulations to Nathaniel Stocke! He received first prize for his poster at the Globalization of Pharmaceutics Education Network (GPEN) 2014 Meeting in Finland. The title of his poster was “Inhalable Nanocomposites for Targeted Pulmonary Delivery and Applications in Lung Cancer Therapy,” and was a collaboration with the Markey Cancer Center made possible by the University of Kentucky Nanotechnology Training Center. His mentors on the project include Zach Hilt, Suzanne Arnold and Heidi Mansour.]]>NewsUK Engineering Faculty Part of $12.2 Million NIH Superfund Research Center Granthttp://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2014/06/uk-engineering-faculty-part-12-2-million-nih-superfund-research-center-grant/
http://uknow.uky.edu/content/uk-superfund-research-center-receives-122-million-federal-granthttp://www.engr.uky.edu/?p=9032Mon, 16 Jun 2014 15:45:09 +0000http://uknow.uky.edu/content/uk-superfund-research-center-receives-122-million-federal-grant]]>Payne Receives 2014 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Awardhttp://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2014/06/payne-receives-2014-ralph-e-powe-junior-faculty-award/
http://www.orau.org/media-center/news-releases/2014/fy14-42-2014-powe-awards.aspxhttp://www.engr.uky.edu/?p=9021Fri, 06 Jun 2014 13:21:49 +0000http://www.orau.org/media-center/news-releases/2014/fy14-42-2014-powe-awards.aspx]]>Engineering Faculty and Students Represent UK at Interactive Science Nighthttp://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2014/05/engineering-faculty-students-represent-uk-interactive-science-night/
http://www.fcps.net/news/features/2013-14/interactivesciencehttp://www.engr.uky.edu/?p=9010Thu, 29 May 2014 12:30:55 +0000http://www.fcps.net/news/features/2013-14/interactivescience]]>UK Professor Seay, Paducah Mayor Leading Trip to Gabonhttp://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2014/05/uk-professor-seay-paducah-mayor-leading-trip-gabon/
This week, Paducah mayor Gayle Kaler, UK Paducah engineering faculty member Jeffrey Seay, Ph.D., and chemical engineering undergraduate research student Chandni Joshi will travel to the sub-Saharan African country of Gabon. The group plans to discuss economic development opportunities between Kentucky and Gabon as well as potential research and collaboration opportunities for UK in Gabon. [&#8230;]http://www.engr.uky.edu/?p=8267Mon, 12 May 2014 17:47:21 +0000

Chemical engineering professor Jeffrey Seay

This week, Paducah mayor Gayle Kaler, UK Paducah engineering faculty member Jeffrey Seay, Ph.D., and chemical engineering undergraduate research student Chandni Joshi will travel to the sub-Saharan African country of Gabon. The group plans to discuss economic development opportunities between Kentucky and Gabon as well as potential research and collaboration opportunities for UK in Gabon.

“This opportunity has grown out of our on-going research in sustainable biofuels in Cameroon – the country to the north of Gabon. Through the relationships we have built in Cameroon, we now have the chance to disseminate our work to other countries in the region,” explained Seay.

The group will depart for Libreville, Gabon on May 13. Upon arrival, they will travel by motorcade to Lambaréné, where they will meet the governor of the Moyen-Ogoouéprovince and the city’s mayor. Seay will give a presentation covering the research capabilities at the UK Paducah campus plus an overview of the ongoing research work in Cameroon. Mayor Kaler will discuss the economic and cultural exchange opportunities available with Paducah.

“I’m honored to be invited by the University of Kentucky to travel to Gabon, and I am extremely thankful that an anonymous donor is providing the funds for my airfare,” said Mayor Kaler. “My hope is that this visit will be the beginning of a longstanding cultural, economic and educational partnership between Paducah and Lambaréné.”

Mayor Kaler will be visiting several schools in Lambaréné and present them with McCracken County High School and Paducah Tilghman High School shirts in addition to books donated by McNabb Elementary and local residents.

Following the presentations by Kaler and Seay, the group will tour several of Gabon’s cultural landmarks. In addition to observing a traditional ceremony at a Bwiti temple, they will visit the Albert Schweitzer Hospital, the State School for the Deaf and Mute, the National School of Waters and Forests and more. The contingent will also meet the President of the Gabonese Senate, Vice President of the National Assembly and the U.S. Ambassador to Gabon.

According to Seay, “This trip is an amazing opportunity for the UK Paducah campus and especially for our students. We are looking forward to the chance to build new relationships and experience the richness of the Gabonese culture.”

The trip will formally conclude May 16; however, Seay and Ms. Joshi will connect with a group of UK engineering students studying abroad in Cameroon. The University of Kentucky Appropriate Technology and Sustainability (UKATS) Research Group, headed by Seay, has been working on low-cost, locally produced biodiesel and biochar projects since 2011. The UKATS group has developed these projects in partnership with the African Centre for Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technology (ACREST), located in the village of Bangang in rural Cameroon. This will be the group’s second visit to Bangang since 2012.

]]>South and Zandona Earn SEC Academic Honorshttp://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2014/04/south-zandona-earn-sec-academic-honors/
http://uknow.uky.edu/content/61-wildcats-earn-winter-sports-sec-academic-honorshttp://www.engr.uky.edu/?p=8219Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:13:25 +0000http://uknow.uky.edu/content/61-wildcats-earn-winter-sports-sec-academic-honors]]>Schlipf Honored by UK Center of Membrane Scienceshttp://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2014/04/schlipf-honored-uk-center-membrane-sciences/
http://uknow.uky.edu/content/uk-center-membrane-sciences-honors-student-researchhttp://www.engr.uky.edu/?p=8217Tue, 29 Apr 2014 13:16:20 +0000http://uknow.uky.edu/content/uk-center-membrane-sciences-honors-student-research]]>Meet the Hall of Distinction Class of 2014!http://www.engr.uky.edu/news/2014/04/meet-hall-distinction-class-2014/
http://www.engr.uky.edu/?p=8183Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:12:51 +0000]]>Payne Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences for Second Time in 2013https://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/2013/08/27/payne-published-in-proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences-for-second-time-in-2013/
Chemical engineering professor Christina Payne was recently published in the August Early Edition issue of the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). The article, “Glycosylated linkers in multimodular lignocellulose-degrading enzymes dynamically bind to cellulose,” featured collaborators from the United States, Sweden, and Belgium in a [&#8230;]https://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/?p=805Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:12:33 +0000Chemical engineering professor Christina Payne was recently published in the August Early Edition issue of the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). The article, “Glycosylated linkers in multimodular lignocellulose-degrading enzymes dynamically bind to cellulose,” featured collaborators from the United States, Sweden, and Belgium in a study that uncovered new functionality in an intrinsically disordered protein region. Earlier this year, Dr. Payne co-authored the article “Structural characterization of a unique marine animal family 7 cellobiohydrolase suggests a mechanism of cellulase salt tolerance,” which appeared in the June issue of PNAS.

Industrially-relevant lignocellulose degrading enzymes such as Trichoderma reesei Cel6A, shown here, often exhibit multiple domains as a means of enhancing its ability to find the insoluble cellulose substrate. Over the past decades, researchers have long considered the linker region (abundantly decorated with yellow glycans) to have little function beyond tethering the catalytic domain and the carbohydrate binding module, top image. However, simulation and binding assays suggest the linker significantly enhances cellulase binding to cellulose, bottom image.

]]>NewsCMEGSA Poster Competition a Great Successhttps://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/2012/10/25/cmegsa-poster-competition-a-great-success/
The Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering held the 4th Annual Graduate Student Poster Competition on Friday, September 28, 2012 in the Ralph G. Anderson Student Commons. The event was organized by the Chemical and Materials Engineering Graduate Student Association (CMEGSA) and sponsored by Eastman Chemical Company. A record 31 graduate students presented posters on [&#8230;]https://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/?p=669Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:23:55 +0000The Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering held the 4th Annual Graduate Student Poster Competition on Friday, September 28, 2012 in the Ralph G. Anderson Student Commons. The event was organized by the Chemical and Materials Engineering Graduate Student Association (CMEGSA) and sponsored by Eastman Chemical Company. A record 31 graduate students presented posters on their research in subjects varying from new materials for medical implants and batteries to cancer therapy. Students and faculty alike commented that the poster session was an excellent opportunity to learn about the range of research projects in the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department.

The Best Chemical Engineering Poster Award was granted to Ravinder Garlapalli for his poster on Quartz Crystal Microbalance Investigation of Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Cellulase Inhibition by Cellobiose on Model Cellulose Films.

Xing Huang, with a poster on Structure of ultra-small ceria nanoparticles from DFT investigation, was awarded the Best Materials Science & Engineering Poster Award.

The sought-after Best Poster Award went to Wei Wen for his poster on A 3-D Quantitative Understanding of Short Fatigue Crack Growth in High Strength Aluminum Alloys. Further demonstrating Wen’s exemplary presentation, he also received the Student Choice Award.

]]>NewsYunchao Li, MSE ’12https://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/2012/10/05/yunchao-li-mse-12/
Yunchao Li began his undergraduate engineering education at the China University of Mining and Technology. It was not unusual, he says, for the smallest class size at the renowned institution to be around 100 students. Imagine his surprise when he transferred to the University of Kentucky and began taking materials science and engineering classes. “I [&#8230;]https://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/?p=652Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:53:06 +0000

Yunchao Li began his undergraduate engineering education at the China University of Mining and Technology. It was not unusual, he says, for the smallest class size at the renowned institution to be around 100 students. Imagine his surprise when he transferred to the University of Kentucky and began taking materials science and engineering classes.

“I thought it was amazing how small the class sizes were,” Li remembers. “We normally had less than 10 students in each of our materials classes. Professors could pay attention to individual students and students’ questions were solved quickly. Lab classes were my favorite, and because of the smaller class sizes, we could get enough hands-on experience on different pieces of equipment.”

In addition to the ability to interact with professors, Li also found numerous opportunities to engage in significant research, even as an undergraduate. Working with Y.T. Cheng, the Frank J. Derbyshire Professor of Materials Science, Li discovered his area of research interest: lithium ion batteries.

“In Dr. Cheng’s lab, I was able to learn to use the advanced technology and equipment to solve battery-related problems. Through my two years of undergraduate research, I not only acquired many basic research skills for operating experiment equipment, but also the method for designing an experiment aimed at solving a scientific problem,” he says.

While at UK, Li joined Materials Advantage, a student organization with ties to industries interested in materials science and engineering. Through involvement in Materials Advantage, Li made important contacts, traveled to national conferences and visited prominent companies to get a first-hand look at his future line of work.

“UK offered many different ways for me to get connected with industry and prepare for my future job,” he states. “Visiting companies like Toyota, AK steel and GE Aviation and seeing how they approach production taught me a lot.”

Li’s academic prowess enabled him to not only be named the 2012 Materials Engineering Outstanding Senior at the Tau Beta Pi Awards Banquet, he also received several prestigious scholarships, such as the ASM International Bluegrass Chapter Scholarship, Secat Aluminum Scholarship and International Student Scholarship among others.

After graduating from UK with a bachelor’s degree in materials engineering in 2012, Li was accepted into a graduate program at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville where he is pursuing a Ph.D. His education is funded through an Energy Science and Engineering Fellowship in the Breseden Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education (CIRE). CIRE, which is jointly led by the university and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, focuses on energy-related research and has given Li a chance to take his undergraduate research into lithium ion batteries to the next level.

“I’m staying with lithium ion batteries because the research I did opened up a field I am now very excited about,” he says. “I am grateful for my professors’ guidance and believe UK changed my future.”

]]>Daniel Pack Named Inaugural Ashland, Inc. Chairhttps://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/2012/06/25/daniel-pack-named-inaugural-ashland-inc-chair/
LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 25, 2012) — The University of Kentucky College of Engineering and College of Pharmacy are pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel W. Pack as the inaugural Ashland, Inc. Chair in Chemical Engineering. Pack, who is currently professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will hold appointments [&#8230;]https://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/?p=560Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:54:45 +0000LEXINGTON, Ky. (June 25, 2012) — The University of Kentucky College of Engineering and College of Pharmacy are pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel W. Pack as the inaugural Ashland, Inc. Chair in Chemical Engineering. Pack, who is currently professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will hold appointments in both the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering and the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He will join UK Aug. 1.

]]>NewsChemical Engineers Recognized at Markey Center Research Dayhttps://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/2012/05/24/chemical-engineers-recognized-at-markey-center-research-day/
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center hosted its annual Markey Cancer Center Research Day on May 16, 2012. This annual event celebrates the advances of cancer research on the University of Kentucky campus with distinguished speakers, oral and poster presentations. Read full articlehttps://www.engr.uky.edu/cme/?p=558Thu, 24 May 2012 17:12:34 +0000The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center hosted its annual Markey Cancer Center Research Day on May 16, 2012. This annual event celebrates the advances of cancer research on the University of Kentucky campus with distinguished speakers, oral and poster presentations. Read full article]]>News